At least 30% of the almost 6000 people living with HIV in Newark, NJ contracted it through injection drug use. Drug treatment and pharmacy syringe sales are both important. One does not obviate the other.
N.J. Senate panel passes bill allowing over-the-counter sale of syringes to combat HIV, hepatitis
By Susan K. Livio
..."Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Essex), who was an outspoken opponent of the needle exchange program, voted no on this bill. He argued that making it easier for drug addicts to use doesn’t help them or their communities.
'You’ve got the needles, now come here and fight for drug treatment,’ Rice told his colleagues and other supporters of the bill. 'That’s what you should be doing.'’’
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